This used to be a blog for an English independent scholar of fantasy fiction - but then "Doctor Who" stole my brain, my heart, my soul and my life - so these days it's more a Blog about my on-going utter obsession with "Doctor Who" - with occasional non-DW book reviews and discussions.

Monday, July 24, 2006

The Fifth Carnival of Children's Literature is now available over at Kelly Herold's Big A, little a Blog. Please check out the wonderful job that Kelly's done of organising the reviews (most of them on the theme of witches) - and this in spite of being on a different landmass and about to fly back to the US after five weeks away !

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1) Overcrowded Heathrow terminal. About 500 degrees.2) Plane 2 hrs late3) Eli throwing up through US customs4) All baggage but a car seat arrives in 5 minutes. Have to wait 55 more minutes for said car seat (which is worth $19 in all)5) An 85-year-old taxi driver from LAX to my inlaws apartment. Easily the most dangerous part of my entire travels. I seriously thought he'd crash at 70 miles an hour.6) 6th floor apartment. 7 bags. Elevator out of service because of heat wave.

Seriously, though, it was so great to meet you. Have you read "How I live now"? If you haven't, I'd love to send it to you with "The Book Thief." Let me know!

Okay, I will send them to you both next week when I am at my parents. I have to send a box of books home anyway--all the Horrible Histories Anna read while she was in the U.K. She just ate those up at an alarming rate!

You'll love "How I Live Now" I think which is very reminiscent of (but not the same at all somehow) "I Capture the Castle."

About Me

I write and read every day - sometimes I read an entire book a day, sometimes I don't. I did a degree in English and History in the late 90s as a mature student, but I've loved these subjects since my school days. I concentrated on studying First World War literature and history for most of my degree, until I wrote a paper on Harry Potter in my final semester. I've been writing about fantasy fiction (for children and for adults) ever since (although I haven't lost my interest in the First World War.) In January 2007, inspired by David Tennant's performances as the Tenth Doctor, I took up writing "Doctor Who" fan-fiction (and no, I don't intend to try to publish it anywhere except on my Blog. I'm just writing it for fun.) I'm also about to start writing non-fanfiction as well.
I have a 'day job' which isn't very well paid, but does keep me in Oxford, the city I love, and is flexible enough to give me time to write.
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"A book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When you have possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched. But when you pass it on you are enriched threefold." - Henry Miller 'The Books In My Life' (1969)

Disco legendo libros; scribendo cogito.

I learn by reading books; I think by writing.

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